What's up with the duplicate workforce GT has dropped into teams across Direct? Training them up for a merge of PMOs and prepping for a take-over? So then redundant get let go? Direct APM has always been a technical group, so that is a bs reason. Teams are confused to have 2 program managers.
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Have you tried escalating to APM-leadership and/or HR? I say that jokingly, of course. Based on what I've heard you will either be ignored or punished (most likely the latter).
The way I see it you have two options:
- Play along. Pretend that you're adding value and that you're loyal to your leaders.
- Leave.
Good luck!
I’m so glad to see this post here. It is painful. There is now a GT program manager for each initiative I am currently leading. It is such a toxic environment to be working in. I can’t believe Nike would pit employees against each other like this. I spend hours each week updating THEIR status reports (in addition to my own) and then have to answer fire-drill questions constantly because the GT program team have no idea what is going (because they aren’t the ones on the ground actually managing this work). I suspect layoffs are coming for the APM. We’ve been replaced.
TPM will gobble up APM. Pacman style.
And it will be slow and painful as is everything a PMO at Nike does. Those of you sitting in the water that is slowly coming up to a boil should jump out now before its too late.
@cdz, What?
It is related to tax write-offs somehow.
Nothing to see here.